Emerald Repard-Denniston

Wine and Dine

Wine and Dine

“I illustrate how animals and women are similar in the way society conditions them; they are commodified and brutalized, raped and killed. Carol J Adam’s theory in her study of, “The Sexual Politics of Meat” argues animals and women’s oppression are linked through male dominance in meat-eating and dairy production. Food consumption and speciesism are inseparable. Nothing connects climate change, economic inequality, animal rights, worker justice, racism, sexism, classism, and heterosexism together like food. Feminist theory logically contains a vegan critique, just as veganism secretly challenges patriarchal society. Tension arises with differing cultural norms and importance in meat eating from East Asia and North America. In my work, I am grappling with the moral implications of meat consumption and authenticity as an Asian person. ”